nymphalip.t:. — acfjjx.f.. — ace^a. 18 



shaped something like the Greek letter (f>. Base with two black sj^ots, followed 

 by a row of three, of which the middle one, ni the cell, is the smallest ; below 

 the cell are four more nearly confluent spots near the base. Just beyond the 

 middle of the cell is a large oblique oval spot, directed inwards and upwards, 

 and surmounted by a black dot ; and there are two more spots, placed at each 

 end of the upper discocellular nervule. Beyond these a row of eight more 

 spots curves round the cell from the costa to the inner margin ; of these, spots 

 2-5 are much smaller than the others, spots 3-5 being reduced to mere dots on 

 the iipperside. 



Body black, palpi yellow, with a black line at the base alwve, and fringed 

 with long black hairs, which form a large tuft at the extremity ; legs yellow. 

 l)ase of femora, and a line above them, black ; a pale spot on the vertex behind 

 the base of the antenna, abdomen with a row of pale spots on each side, and 

 pale beneath. 



Hab. Zululand. 



In the Collections of Henlev Grose Smith and E. Trimen. 



Allied to A. Itarina. from whii-h the dark borders of the wings will at once distinguish it. 

 Both sexes are described in detail by Mr. Trimen (loc. at.). 



XVII.— ACR^A ANDEOMBA. $ . Figs. 6, 7. ? . Fig. 8. 



Acma Jndromha, Henley Grose Smith, "Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," ser. 6, vol. 7, p. 124 (1891). 



Exp. i 11 inches ; $ 21 inches. 



"Male. Upperside. Piesembles A. Ohcira, Hew. (A. Pica, Guenee), but is 

 smaller ; the anterior wings are narrower, and the posterior wrings rounder, the 

 rufous basal colouring on the anterior wdngs is paler, and extends nearly to the 

 end of the cell and to the posterior angle. On the posterior wings the rufous 

 area extends over nearly all the wings, especially towards the anal angle, where 

 it reaches the margin, the spots at the base and in the irregular row across the 

 disk are comparatively smaller, the dark marginal band is more defined, in 

 which, between the veins and touching the margin, is a row of six nearly round 

 bright rufous spots. In A. Oheira these spots are only three or four in number, 

 are situate towards the anal angle, and are more elongate in shape." 



Underside. On " the posterior wings the marginal row of rufous spots is 

 more distinct than in A. Oheira. 



